Audronius Ažubalis is a Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n journalist and politician, currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (since 11 February 2010). He was a member of the Seimas

Seimas

The Seimas is the unicameral Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies , and the other half are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation...

 1996–2000, and was elected again in 2004. He has chaired the foreign affairs committee of the Seimas. Ažubalis is a member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Lithuania's conservative party.

Biography

In 1976 he graduated from Antanas Vienuolis

Antanas Vienuolis

Antanas Vienuolis was a Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists.- Biography :...

 secondary school in Vilnius

Vilnius

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 and enrolled into the Vilnius University

Vilnius University

Vilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania....

. He received a tertiary education degree in history in 1989. Later he continued his studies at the World Press Institute at Macalester College

Macalester College

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, USA.

In January 2010, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius

Andrius Kubilius

Andrius Kubilius is a Lithuanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Lithuania since 2008. He previously served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000. He is the leader of the conservative political party Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats.- Biography :Kubilius was born at Vilnius...

 presented Ažubalis as a candidate for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs to President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Dalia Grybauskaitė

Dalia Grybauskaitė is the current President of Lithuania, inaugurated on 12 July 2009. She had previously been Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finance Minister, and European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget...

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